'I'd take the wall down': 2020 hopeful O'Rourke says he'd 'absolutely' knock US-Mexico barrier RT | rt.com | 2019-02-16 Failed Texas Senate candidate and likely presidential contender Beto O'Rourke said he would "take the (border) wall down," becoming the first potential 2020 challenger to embrace the open borders rhetoric of the Democratic left. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/451610-us-mexico-wall-dems/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.02/thumbnail/5c67bfe3fc7e9357378b4619.JPG Why We in Colombia and Elsewhere Reject US Intervention in Venezuela Gustavo Petro | commondreams.org | 2019-02-16 A supporter of the government of Nicolás Maduro holds a sign against the U.S.-backed intervention in Venezuela during the summit to discuss diplomatic actions to address the Venezuelan crisis on February 7, 2019 in Montevideo, Uruguay. Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Netherlands, UK and Sweden will be joining Bolivia, Costa Rica and Ecuador on the summit proposed by Mexico and Uruguay. (Photo: Santiago Mazzarovich/Getty Images) | https://www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/no_intervention_in_venezuela.jpg... https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/02/16/why-we-colombia-and-elsewhere-reject-us-intervention-venezuela?cd-origin=rss In Revolutionary Move, Pope Francis Defrocks US Ex-Cardinal teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-16 According to a statement from the Vatican, Pope Francis has defrocked disgraced U.S. ex-cardinal and former Archbishop of Washington, Theodore McCarrick, by way of a "dismissal from the clerical state." | RELATED: | Mexican Bishop Admits Sexual Abuse is Rampant Amid Revelation | The unprecedented action marks the first time a cardinal or bishop in the United States has been defrocked or laicized from the Roman Catholic Church, and the first time any cardinal has been laicized fo... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/In-Revolutionary-Move-Pope-Francis-Defrocks-US-Ex-Cardinal-20190216-0007.html U.S. Military Invasion of Venezuela is Escalating Repost | indybay.org | 2019-02-16 With the support of Democrats and Republicans, e.g. Pelosi & Trump, the pending invasion of oil-rich Venezuela is escalating, all at taxpayer expense. There are forces opposing it. See https://www.globalresearch.ca/hands-off-venezuela-historic-stance-at-the-united-nations-against-us-imperialism/5668780 . Cuba has provided a detailed description below. https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2019/02/16/18821208.php SPLC statement on Supreme Court's denial of Trump administration's request to immediately enforce asylum ban Melissa Crow, Senior Supervising Attorney of the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project | splcenter.org | 2019-02-15 The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the Trump administration's request to immediately enforce a new policy of denying asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry. https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/02/15/splc-statement-supreme-court%25E2%2580%2599s-denial-trump-administration%25E2%2580%2599s-request-immediately-enforce As Congress Enacts Huge "Border Security" Bill, Trump to Declare National Emergency to Build Wall Patrick Martin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-15 As Congress voted Thursday to approve spending $1.375 billion for border fencing, wall repairs and other barriers on the US-Mexico border, as part of a much larger bill funding one quarter of the federal government through September 30, the White ... | The post As Congress Enacts Huge "Border Security" Bill, Trump to Declare National Emergency to Build Wall appeared first on Global Research. https://www.globalresearch.ca/as-congress-enacts-huge-border-security-bill-trump-to-declare-national-emergency-to-build-wall/5668735 AOC Introduces Bill To Block 'Fake National Emergency' by Trump teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-15 Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (known by her initials, AOC) and Joaquin Castro have announced the introduction of a new bill, looking to block the national emergency declaration over the United States-Mexico border, announced by President Donald Trump on Friday. | RELATED: | Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund His 'Racist' Wall | Progr... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/AOC-Introduces-Bill-To-Block-Fake-National-Emergency-by-Trump-20190215-0013.html Asylum Seekers Are Being Imprisoned in an Abandoned Factory in Mexico Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-02-15 As Trump plans to declare a national emergency, we look at what some have called the real humanitarian crisis at the border. Riot police in northern Mexico blocked hundreds of desperate Central American migrants Wednesday as they tried to escape an abandoned factory complex where they've been imprisoned while waiting for the U.S. to process their asylum claims. More than 1,700 migrants have been held in the maquiladora in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras since February 5, after they arrived in a caravan of people seeking asylum in the U.S. The vast majority have remained prisoners at the site, after t... https://truthout.org/video/asylum-seekers-are-being-imprisoned-in-an-abandoned-factory-in-mexico/ Social Movements Support Venezuela And Reject US Intervention teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-15 Several groups of artists, journalists, intellectuals and social groups from around Latin America have shown their support for Venezuela, its Bolivarian Government, and have rejected any interventionist acts perpetrated by the United States. | RELATED: | Venezuela Receives 933 Tons of Medical Aid From Allies Abroad | In Argentina, the group of intell... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Social-Movements-Support-Venezuela-And-Reject-US-Intervention-20190215-0014.html Egypt: End the cruel denial of family visits to detainees amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-02-15 Egyptian authorities are flagrantly violating international law by denying family visits to scores of detainees, Amnesty International said today. The organization has examined an official document which confirms there is an open-ended ban on family visits in a number of sections at two major prison complexes in Cairo and Alexandria. | Amnesty International has also recorded at least 61 cases of people who were prevented from receiving family visits for protracted periods -- in some cases for up to two years - at Tora prison in Cairo and Borg al-Arab in Alexandria. The total number of detainees barred from r... https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/02/egypt-end-the-cruel-denial-of-family-visits-to-detainees/ Trump Declares National Emergency to Fund His 'Racist' Wall teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-02-15 President Donald Trump Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. | RELATED: | Trump's Wall Already Affecting Mexicans' Daily Lives | The Republican president's move circumventing Congress represented a new... https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Declares-National-Emergency-to-Fund-His-Racist-Wall-20190215-0012.html Asylum Seekers Are Being Imprisoned in an Abandoned Factory in Mexico Under Trump Admin Policy Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-02-15 As Trump plans to declare a national emergency, we look at what some have called the real humanitarian crisis at the border. Riot police in northern Mexico blocked hundreds of desperate Central American migrants Wednesday as they tried to escape an abandoned factory complex where they've been imprisoned while waiting for the U.S. to process their asylum claims. More than 1,700 migrants have been held in the maquiladora in the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras since February 5, after they arrived in a caravan of people seeking asylum in the U.S. The vast majority have remained prisoners at the site, after the... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/2/15/asylum_seekers_are_being_imprisoned_in https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/14/46114/w320/piedras-negras.jpg Here's New Mexico Militia Leader Johnny Horton Jr.'s Bizarre Arrest Record Nick R. Martin | splcenter.org | 2019-02-15 Self-proclaimed New Mexico militia leader Johnny Horton Jr. sure can spin a heck of a tale. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/02/15/heres-new-mexico-militia-leader-johnny-horton-jrs-bizarre-arrest-record Immigrant Activists: Democrats Are Capitulating to Trump by Approving Border, DHS Funding Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-02-15 President Trump is expected to declare a national emergency today to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite opposition from Congress, after he signs the latest spending bill, which includes nearly $1.4 billion to build 55 miles of new border barriers out of steel, far less than the $5.7 billion he requested. Congressmembers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib issued a statement that they voted against the bill because it gives more funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "That is the right thing to do. We've been pushing for Democrats to do the right thing, t... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/2/15/immigrant_activists_democrats_are_capitulating_to https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/11/46111/w320/Seg3-Erika-Dems.jpg Opponents move to stop Trump's "national emergency" power grab Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2019-02-15 WASHINGTON--Donald Trump wants to use the pretext of a "national emergency" to grab billions of federal dollars to build his Mexican Wall. Xavier Becerra, California's attorney general, and Sens. Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders were among those who immediately came out to say they will try to stop him. Even two Republican senators, Sens. Rand ... https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/opponents-move-to-stop-trumps-national-emergency-power-grab/ https://www.peoplesworld.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/960x540APtrumwallprototypes-340x190.jpg Memories of warmth and exploitation in Roma stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2019-02-15 Roma | Written & directed by Alfonso Cuaron | Starring Yalitza Aparicio & Marina de Tavira | In cinemas now | Roma is the latest film by Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron, who came to international prominence with his 2001 film Y Tu Mama Tambien. | This allowed him to break into the world of bigger budget, English-language films, directing Children of Men (2006) and Gravity (2013) which won seven Academy Awards including best director. | He was also involved in the production of the documentary short The Shock Doctrine (2007), based on Naomi Klein's book and directed by his son Jonas Cuaron. | With Roma... https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/memories-warmth-and-exploitation-roma https://www.greenleft.org.au/sites/default/files/styles/glw_full_content/public/widerimages/roma.jpg Tampa Bay students disrupt USF board meeting, demand protections for undocumented students Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-02-15 Tampa, FL - The Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a series of protests and a sit-in at the University of South Florida's (USF) main student center on February 12, to pressure the administration to increase protections for immigrant and international students. These protests were a continuation of Tampa Bay SDS's main campaign called, "Immigrants are Here to Stay" in which they demand noncompliance with federal agencies such as ICE, FBI, DHS so that those agencies cannot receive the personal information of documented and undocumented students on campus. | Students held a series of p... http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/2/15/tampa-bay-students-disrupt-usf-board-meeting-demand-protections-undocumented-students Trump Declares National Emergency in Order to Build Border Wall STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-02-15 WASHINGTON--Battling with one branch of government and opening a new confrontation with another, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. | Bypassing Congress, which approved far less money for his proposed wall than he had sought, Trump said he will use executive action to siphon billions of dollars from federal military construction and counterdrug efforts for the wall, aides said. The move drew immediate bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill and is expected to face rounds of legal challenges. | Trump made the announc... https://www.truthdig.com/articles/trump-declares-national-emergency-to-build-border-wall/ No Trump Wall! No State of Emergency! Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-02-15 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following call from the Legalization for All Network and other immigrant rights groups. We urge all progressive organizations to sign on and endorse it. You can do so here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/legalization-for-all/no-trump-wall-no-state-of-emergency/2336613779684475/ | On the campaign trail, candidate Trump said that Mexico would pay for his wall. President Trump could not get funding for his wall on the U.S./Mexico border even when his Republican Party controlled the House, the Senate and the White House. Then he shut down parts of the Federal Government for... http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/2/14/no-trump-wall-no-state-emergency Democrats Are Capitulating to Trump by Approving Border, DHS Funding Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-02-15 President Trump declared a national emergency today to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite opposition from Congress, after signing the latest spending bill, which includes nearly $1.4 billion to build 55 miles of new border barriers out of steel, far less than the $5.7 billion he requested. Congressmembers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib issued a statement that they voted against the bill because it gives more funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. "That is the right thing to do. We've been pushing for Democrats to do the right thing, to stop playi... https://truthout.org/video/democrats-are-capitulating-to-trump-by-approving-border-dhs-funding/ Migrant rights groups sue as US starts sending families back to Mexico RT | rt.com | 2019-02-15 Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration as authorities have begun shipping asylum-seeking families across the border to wait for their claims to be processed, insisting the policy endangers lives. | ... https://www.rt.com/usa/451509-migrants-lawsuit-mexico-asylum/ https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.02/thumbnail/5c663285dda4c89c3f8b4662.jpeg Trump Administration Is Illegally Forcing Asylum Seekers Out of the United States ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-02-14 The administration is once again breaking the law in order to shut the door on immigrants. | Last September, Bianca* was forced to flee Honduras because her partner's father threatened to kill her for being a lesbian. Bianca could not go to the police in Honduras because they do not protect LGBTQ people from harm. So she left home to save her life. | After traveling through Guatemala and Mexico, Bianca reached Tijuana, where she got in line to enter the United States through the border station and ask for asylum. https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/trump-administration-illegally-forcing-asylum-seekers-out-united-states SPLC sues Trump administration for policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-02-14 The SPLC sued the Trump administration today over a new policy that forces asylum seekers to return to Mexico and wait there while their cases are being considered. https://www.splcenter.org/news/2019/02/14/splc-sues-trump-administration-policy-forcing-asylum-seekers-wait-mexico U.S. Military Adventure Against Venezuela Must be Stopped Granma | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-15 Cuba condemns the U.S. government's escalating preparations for a military adventure in Venezuela and calls on the international community to mobilize to prevent its consummation | *** | The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns the escalation of pressures and ... | The post U.S. Military Adventure Against Venezuela Must be Stopped appeared first on Global Research. https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-military-adventure-against-venezuela-must-be-stopped/5668728 Roberto Lovato: Elliott Abrams Is Bringing Violence of 1980s U.S. Latin America Policy to Venezuela Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-02-14 President Trump met with Colombian President Iv‡n Duque at the White House Wednesday to discuss ongoing efforts to topple the Venezuelan government, the same day that U.S. special envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams faced questioning from Congress about his role in atrocities carried out in Latin America in the 1980s. This includes defending Guatemalan dictator General Efra’n R’os Montt's campaign of mass murder and torture of indigenous people. We speak with Roberto Lovato, independent journalist working out of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, about the violent history of Elliott Abrams and the U.S.-backed oppos... http://www.democracynow.org/2019/2/14/roberto_lovato_elliott_abrams_is_bringing https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/85/46085/w320/SEG-Abrams-Protesters-1.jpg Rep. Ilhan Omar Grills Elliott Abrams on Support for Central American Genocide Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-02-14 Rep. Ilhan Omar (D) of Minnesota presented Elliott Abrams with uncomfortable facts about his past illegal activities and asked him whether he would pursue similar human rights violating policies against Venezuela as he did against Latin America in the 1980's | The post Rep. Ilhan Omar Grills Elliott Abrams on Support for Central American Genocide appeared first on The Real News Network. https://therealnews.com/stories/rep-ilhan-omar-grills-elliott-abrams-on-support-for-central-american-genocide https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/NAR021319_omar_abrams-150x150.jpg U.S. military adventure against Venezuela must be stopped Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-02-14 Cuba condemns the U.S. government's escalating preparations for a military adventure in Venezuela and calls on the international community to mobilize to prevent its consummation. | Source... https://mronline.org/2019/02/14/u-s-military-adventure-against-venezuela-must-be-stopped/ https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/latuff-us-imperialism.jpg L—pez Obrador Vows 'Poverty' for Mexican Government Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-02-13 The decision has set up a standoff between the president and the courts, writes Luis G—mez Romero. L—pez Obrader wants to cut salaries for all government workers in Mexico, including himself. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell0) By Luis G—mez Romero, University of... Read more ?... https://consortiumnews.com/2019/02/13/lopez-obrador-vows-poverty-for-mexican-government/ Mexico: Indigenous rights defenders disappeared: Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and Hilario Cornelio Castro amnesty | amnesty.org | 2019-02-13 On 12 February, Mexican Indigenous human rights defenders, Obtilia Eugenio Manuel and Hilario Cornelio Castro disappeared while traveling through Guerrero state, southwest Mexico. They were both members of the Organization of Indigenous Mepha'a People (OPIM, Organizaci—n del Pueblo Ind’gena Mepha'a). Since 2009, due to their human rights work, Obtilia Eugenio and other OPIM members have received several attacks and threats, including death threats. Obtilia Eugenio was recently elected member of the Indigenous Municipal Council of the Ayutla de los Libres town (Guerrero state). Their fate or whereabouts are unknow... https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr41/9856/2019/en/ Mexico's Lopez Obrador's Position on Venezuela Marks Return to Foreign Policy Tradition Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-02-11 Mexico is making a large contribution towards the prevention of civil war in Venezuela, by returning to long-established foreign policy tradition of neutrality, which the previous president had completely abandoned, says John Ackerman | The post Mexico's Lopez Obrador's Position on Venezuela Marks Return to Foreign Policy Tradition appeared first on The Real News Network. https://therealnews.com/stories/mexicos-lopez-obradors-position-on-venezuela-marks-return-to-foreign-policy-tradition https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DLY020819_ackerman_venezuela-150x150.jpg 'No Way' Gab Has 800,000 Users, Web Host Says John Dougherty and Michael Edison Hayden | splcenter.org | 2019-02-13 Gab, the floundering social media network that serves as an organizing hub for white supremacists, is inflating its number of users in federal securities filings relied on by investors and regulators, a software engineer for Gab's web hosting company Sibyl System Ltd. tells Hatewatch. https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/02/14/no-way-gab-has-800000-users-web-host-says Danny Glover on the Conflict Over Venezuela Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-02-12 Actor and activist Danny Glover places the conflict over Venezuela in the context of a long history of US-led coups in Latin America | The post Danny Glover on the Conflict Over Venezuela appeared first on The Real News Network. https://therealnews.com/stories/danny-glover-on-the-conflict-over-venezuela https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/glovervenezuela__-150x150.jpg In Venezuela, White Supremacy Is a Key Driver of the Coup Greg Palast -- Truthout | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-02-12 Greg Palast examines the relationship between racism and right-wing politics in the Latin American nation. https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14318 The Other Americans: Mexico Welcomes the Central American Exodus Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2019-02-05 Since AMLO took over, migrants are finding much different environment than the previous caravans. https://progressive.org/dispatches/mexico-welcomes-the-central-american-exodus-abbott-190205/ Women Who Stay in Mexico Carry Empty Hearts and Heavier Burdens MagdalŽna Rojo | progressive.org | 2019-02-01 A global, long-term journalism project, presents a more complex view of migration, giving voice to those who are left behind. https://progressive.org/dispatches/women-who-stay-Rojos-190201/ WFTU condemns intervention against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-02-10 Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). | The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), representing 95 million workers of the five continents as well as the world class-oriented labor movement, strongly rejects the attempted coup d'Žtat against the legitimate government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. | This interference, orchestrated by the US government, NATO and the EU and executed by the representatives of the transnationals and monopolies in the country, constitutes a flagrant violation of the most elementary rules of internati... http://www.fightbacknews.org/2019/2/9/wftu-condemns-intervention-against-bolivarian-republic-venezuela Last Process: 36 Postees: 2019-02-16 15:23 GMT (10:24 EST)